Medieval Scribbles

Tintern Abbey occupies the peculiar position of being almost better known for its history as a ruin than as a medieval monastic building. Du...

With the medieval seeming a whole lot like work at the moment, here’s an opening chapter in the style of a standard Americanised crime/thril...

In a quiet lull at work, on the back of a discarded till receipt, I set myself a challenge – to write a little scene before the next custome...

An attempt at futuristic fantasy, perhaps unfitting for the nature of this blog, but simply because I hadn’t tried it before.   There was ...

Triforium level at the east end of Whitby Abbey.   View of Whitby Abbey.   Detail from the north transept of Whitby Abbey.

A single stone dribbled down the side of the rock-face and sliced a jagged path across his weathered cheek. His lip curled against the pitif...

The Great East Window in York Minster is currently undergoing a lengthy conservation programme. Yet every month visitors are able to see a s...